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Pentax Time-Lapse Package manual

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    Time-Lapse Package User’s Guide Zoom in for details… Harbortronics LLC 3417 Harborview Dr, Suite 300 Gig Harbor, WA. USA 98332 253-858-7769 (Phone) 253-858-9517 (Fax) http://www.harbortronics.com/ Sales & Service: Sales@Harbortronics.com Technical & Custom izing: Mark@Harbortronics.co m[...]

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    Time-Lapse Pack age Revision D Harbortronics LLC 2 1/5/2007 Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Quick Start .........................................................................[...]

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    Time-Lapse Pack age Revision D Harbortronics LLC 3 1/5/2007 Overview The Time-Lapse Pack age is a comp lete system for docum enting construction projects, animal behav ior monitoring, analyzing environmental changes, or other l ong-term outdoor photographic tasks. Quick Start 1. Reconnect the two-pin Red and Black power cable to the Batt ery conver[...]

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    Time-Lapse Pack age Revision D Harbortronics LLC 4 1/5/2007 Configuring the DigiSnap Now that you’ve verified that things are working, you may want to configure the DigiSnap for your particular application. The first time you do this can b e trying, but once you’ v e gone through the p rocess once, it’ll be easy the next time. If you get stuc[...]

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    Time-Lapse Pack age Revision D Harbortronics LLC 5 1/5/2007 Zoom in for details… System Components Digital Camera The Time-Lapse Package can be used with a wide range of cam er as, from point & shoot, to SLR’s. Most customers prefer that we supply the camera, and this is our preference as well, but we can also provide the sy stem without a [...]

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    Time-Lapse Pack age Revision D Harbortronics LLC 6 1/5/2007 Again, given some extra effort and cost, we may be able to us e your current camera, bu t we’d li ke to suggest using a Pentax SL R. These cameras us e industry standard connectors, draw negligible power between pictures, a nd yield equ ivalent image quality to Nikon and Canon cameras. P[...]

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    Time-Lapse Pack age Revision D Harbortronics LLC 7 1/5/2007 Enclosure The housing uses a very strong molded fiberg lass construction. Gaskets make the unit airtight and water tight, and stainless steel hardware further eliminate any concern for corrosion. The door is hinged, and quickly removable. The housing is a perfect size to accommodate digit [...]

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    Time-Lapse Pack age Revision D Harbortronics LLC 8 1/5/2007 Mechanical Package We can also provide the enclosure with mounting hardware. This package includes the ext ernal mounting bars as well as an int ern al stainless steel mounting pl ate with right angle bracket, desicc ant pack, felt and tools, for $422.63. The internal stainless steel panel[...]

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    Time-Lapse Pack age Revision D Harbortronics LLC 9 1/5/2007 Camera Mount The camera is mounted on a high quality tilting head, with a quick release plate. You can easily remove and re-install the came ra, without having to re-align it! Of course a quick release head ma y not give you perfect pixel ali gnment, but for most applicatio ns it should wo[...]

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    Time-Lapse Pack age Revision D Harbortronics LLC 10 1/5/2007 Solar Charger While many solar panels can be connected di r ectly to Lead Aci d batteries, LiPoly batteries must b e charged car efully, monitoring th e voltage and te mperature. Harbortronics has developed a custom charge r to adapt the solar p anel to the LiPol y battery pack. This devi[...]

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    Time-Lapse Pack age Revision D Harbortronics LLC 11 1/5/2007 Base Package Another available package is a m inimum configuration for long t erm time-lapse p hotography. In additional to th e mechanical ite ms of the previous assemblies , all electronics (the b attery pack, batt ery converter, and the camera contr oller) is added. This pac kage does [...]

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    Time-Lapse Pack age Revision D Harbortronics LLC 12 1/5/2007 Standard Package This is the normally recommended package, comprising ever ything required to per form unlimited duration time-lapse photograph y i n the field. All of the above subassemblies are included. The retail price for this package is US$2300. Each system is pre-confi gured and te[...]

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    Time-Lapse Pack age Revision D Harbortronics LLC 13 1/5/2007 Battery Life Estimates We have made some very deta iled measurements of the batter y current, when powering the Batter y Converter, the DigiSnap 2100 controller, and the K110D camera. Given this cu rrent vs time profile when taking pict ures, we are able to project h ow long a ba tter y p[...]

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    Time-Lapse Pack age Revision D Harbortronics LLC 14 1/5/2007 Specifications Standard Package [Includes all items described ab ove] Weight 16 lbs Housing Dimensions 12” wide, 8” tall, 7” Deep Overall Dimensions 16” wide , 13” tall, 11” Deep Shipping Dimensions 18” x 15” x 13”, 21 lbs Price as shown US $2300 Approximate Shipping Cos[...]